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Aviation: Regulation

Commons · Question 72677 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will (a) limit and (b) regulate the (i) number and (I) frequency of (A) pleasure and (B) display flights by small aircraft above residential areas.

Answer

Answered by Mike Kane, 5 Sep 2025

Currently there are no plans to formally limit the number of small aircraft over residential areas. However, all airspace users must follow The Rules of the Air Regulations 2007 which set out minimum heights for flight above built-up areas.